Today I opened my first safe in the wild. It was a rather small wall safe where the key had been lost. I had never seen this type of lock before. What I saw from the key hole was that there were six + one levers which had non-uniform bellies. The pick had to be made for this lock and after two hours I had the safe open. I don't know the maker or model of this safe, but for a non-tested safe I think it is rather sturdy. The front plate is thicker than what is sold now and bolts on three sides is also rather uncommon for such a small safe. The safe holder will service the safe and make a key himself.

Btw. the second photo is just after opening the safe. What you see is all that was inside.

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Well done!I also opened one just like that this week! Can't seem to get pictures from my phone onto here, but might try later.I plan to make a 2-1 pick for this one, as it should pick easily. Also, I agree on the" well made for a no-brand lock". But I suspect it is of Polish origin.Mine was a drill-job too, pretty good hardplate...

Would be excellent if anyone could provide a name for my records...Cheers,Ed

I think when the US started to be dominated with the combination locks Germany was dominated with key locks. So on the safes from around 1900 practically all have key locks and there can be quite different types. Some like cork screws, some to push, some with hidden bits, some Bramah and many normal lever locks. Until then the dominance of the key lock has been lost and there is a more even occurrence. A lot of the higher security safes - at least after WWII - came with key and mechanical combo. A lot of these key locks are Protector locks and I am not ready to open them. With combination locks I think the most common are La Gard and Kromer. At least that is what I saw so far without seeing to many real safes so far. I think safes are not as common in Germany as in the US.

Another thing which is different on old German safe is that there are secret mechanics on some/many(?) safes to unlock key hole covers. This is for some kind of added security, but on some also as a design improvement. I have seen one safe which had a rectangular decoration with wooden strips - nothing else. If one part of the wooden strip is moved another is moving to the side to uncover a key hole. When that lock is unlocked another strip is moving to uncover the second key hole.